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Sunday, December 31, 2017

What's at play in Iranian protests? - CNN

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What's at play in Iranian protests?
CNN
(CNN) The largest public display of discontent in Iran since the 2009 Green Movement has brought about a series of tweets from US President Donald Trump, pushback from the Iranian government and a scene that might have been unfathomable a decade ago ...
Protests in Iran stretch into third day despite government warningsWashington Post
How Can Trump Help Iran's Protesters? Be Quiet.New York Times
Iran protests: 'Iron fist' threatened if unrest continuesBBC News
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Ticket prices go up for Trump's 'very glam' New Year's Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago - Washington Post

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Washington Post

Ticket prices go up for Trump's 'very glam' New Year's Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago
Washington Post
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump is set to ring in the new year the same way he has for about two decades — at the lavish party he hosts at his private club here. But this weekend's gala at Mar-a-Lago, his first since becoming president, will be a ...
Trump spends day golfing with members of Coast GuardWashington Examiner

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Teargas and checkpoints as Congo forces try to stop anti-government demos

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KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese police and soldiers on Sunday set up checkpoints across the capital Kinshasa and fired teargas at opposition supporters outside a church where they had gathered to prevent planned protests against President Joseph Kabila.

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Niagara Falls becomes ice-covered spectacle

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Temperatures are set to remain below minus 10 degrees Celsius in the area for the next week.

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Protests hit Tehran, two demonstrators reported killed in Iran town

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DUBAI (Reuters) - Street protests hit Iran for a third day running on Saturday, spreading to the capital Tehran with crowds confronting police and attacking some state buildings, and a social media report said two demonstrators had been shot dead in a provincial town.

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South Korea seizes another ship suspected of transferring oil to North Korea

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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, a customs official said on Sunday.

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Earthquake rattles Athens, no immediate reports of damage

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ATHENS (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 4.6 rattled Athens and central Greece early Sunday, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage.

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Merkel eyes social cohesion as she presses for new government

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel, under pressure after three months of failing to form a new ruling coalition, on Sunday vowed to address growing social divisions as she worked rapidly to build a stable German government.

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Probe into deadly fire at U.S. firm’s Philippines offices focuses on possible safety lapses

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - A government investigator into a blaze that led to the deaths of 37 staff at the southern Philippines offices of an American market research firm says there are indications of fire safety lapses that may have contributed to the tragedy.

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Christians in shock after deadly attack on Coptic Church in Egypt

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CAIRO (Reuters) - At an hour that Sama'an Farag usually spends leisurely sipping his morning tea, the doorman at the Mar Mina Coptic Church near Cairo found himself springing up to close the doors upon hearing gunshots and the sound of ricocheting bullets.

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Turkey's Erdogan to discuss Syria with Macron in Paris - source

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PARIS (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Paris on Jan. 5 to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, with the conflict in Syria high on the agenda, a source in the French president's office said on Saturday.

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Greek government applies for cancellation of asylum granted to Turkish soldier

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Greek government said on Saturday that it had filed a request for the cancellation of the asylum granted to a Turkish soldier accused of involvement in last year's coup attempt.

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Polish group aims for history by winter scaling of world's second highest peak

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A group of Polish mountaineers set off for northern Pakistan on Sunday to start an attempt to be the first to scale K2, the world's second highest peak, in wintertime.